| Radio Sweden News May 9, 2003 Swedish Iraqis Participation in Reconstruction
Friday, 2003-05-09
Iraqis living in Sweden are being given a chance to take part in the reconstruction of their homeland. [Radio Sweden News]
Danish PM Tells Bush to Ignore UN
Friday, 2003-05-09
Denmark s Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has encouraged American President George W. Bush to continue to establish conditions for postwar Iraq without waiting for a United Nations resolution. [Radio Sweden News] EU Commissioner Says US Wants Iraq s Oil
Friday, 2003-05-09
Another Dane with a different opinion than his prime minister is Poul Nielsen, the European Union s Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid. Speaking after the United States and Britain introduced a U.N. draft resolution to phase out the existing oil-for-food program for Iraq, Nielsen told Danish Radio that the U.S. wants to appropriate Baghdad s oil. [Radio Sweden News] Persson Delays Visit After Sharon Snub
Friday, 2003-05-09
Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson has once again postponed his official visit to the Middle East, which had been scheduled for next weekend. [Radio Sweden News] Abuse at Islamic and Arabic Charter Schools
Friday, 2003-05-09
Sweden s National Agency for Education is tightening its supervision of charter schools, private institutions supported by public subsidies. This follows a television documentary Thursday revealing that many Islamic or Arabic charter schools here permit the mistreatment of students, even turning a blind eye to female circumcision, which is illegal in Sweden. [Radio Sweden News] | 
